As Mao Zong said, the edict of the Son of Heaven and Liu Xiu had much the same meaning, both of which were for Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan to recapture the Zhuo County area and block Yuan Shao's retreat. www.biquge.info When Mao Zong set off, Xiao Tianzi had not yet received the news of the merger of the state, so the tone was far less urgent, and Liu Bei felt that this was an opportunity, if you were obedient, of course you would be rewarded for meritorious deeds in the future, and if you were disobedient, it didn't matter, but the army of the imperial court would soon cross the Bohai Sea and appear in Liaodong, and your dream of separating one side would come to an end.

Compared with Liu Xiu, who supported Liu Bei in seizing the still unknown land in exchange for Liu Bei's cooperation, Xiao Tianzi was very domineering and at the same time very self-righteous. Liu Xiu was discussing, with a powerful and unspeakable threat, and Xiao Tianzi was ordering, asking Liu Bei to obey the order in a tone that could not be refused.

Liu Bei was silent for a while, and drank two large bowls of tea one after another, and then calmed down. He looked at Mao Zong and laughed: "You are both public and private, taking the court's Yulu, and by the way, you also brought Deran's letter." I'm afraid I got it from Deran, not only this tea, right? ”

"You're mistaken, he didn't give me this tea, I bought it myself."

"You buy it yourself?" Liu Bei scoffed and didn't believe it at all.

Mao Zong sighed: "Okay, I won't tell you, Deran gave me tea, but I was scolded by Mr. later." The gentleman said, if you don't have any money, I'll serve you tea, and if you dare to ask for his things again, don't blame me for driving you out of the school. Mao Zong's voice was very strong, and he really looked like Lu Zhi when he was angry, and then spread his hands. put on a little daughter-in-law's aggrieved look: "Tell me, the three of you did this, he didn't drive you out of the school, why did I take Deran a little something, and he wanted to drive me out of the school?" It's not like bullying. ”

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, and sprayed all the tea soup on the fire with a snort. He wiped his mouth with his sleeve and couldn't help laughing: "It seems that Mr. is really angry with Deran." ”

"Not really. The things sent by Deran are not allowed to enter the door now. Mao Zong rubbed his hands: "It's strange to say, it's so stiff." He didn't say a word about driving Deran out of the school. ”

"You know the." Liu Bei burst into a foul mouth, "Mr. doesn't dare to leave the school, and Deran can't do anything." If necessary, the name of this gentleman can still be somewhat useful. Not to mention anything else, at least the relationship between Senior Brother and De Ran still exists, and if he really wants to be driven out of the division, what else will he use to restrict De Ran? He thought for a moment, and then said with a wry smile: "Besides, of course, if it weren't for Deran, Shi's wife and Ziyan would have starved to death in Luoyang. ”

Mao Zong glanced at Liu Bei. waved his hand: "We don't care about their affairs, you don't accept the edict." Hurry up and say, I still want to hurry up and go back to my hometown for the New Year. ”

"Return to your hometown, isn't your hometown occupied by Yuan Shao, can you still go back?"

"What happened to Yuan Shao. Can he still kill all the people in Zhuojun? Just pay his taxes on time. ”

"Okay, when you go back, help me bring some gifts for those people." Liu Bei said happily: "Our mother and son received a lot of favors from them at the beginning, and now I am a little bit promising, and I will repay them." They were exploited by Yuan Shao, and they must be tight. ”

"That gives you the most favors, the King of Chu and Deran's father and son. How are you going to repay them? ”

"This ......" Liu Bei's eyes blinked, and he nodded at the map sent by Liu Xiu: "Isn't this it?" ”

"Hahaha......" Mao Zong clapped his hands and laughed: "I know that your ambition is not small, and you would rather be a barbarian king who drinks blood than be a well-dressed Huaxia minister." No wonder Mr. said that among several fellow disciples, the least powerful one has the greatest ambition. ”

Liu Bei was embarrassed, a little annoyed and angry, and after thinking about it, he smiled calmly again: "The eldest husband would rather be a chicken than a cow queen, what's so strange." I have been in Liaodong for a few years, although I am only a Liaodong Taishou, but no matter who sees me, only they kneel to me, not me. I'm used to this kind of riddle, and I don't want to be a courtier for a child who doesn't recognize his six relatives. He can deal with De Ran like this now, and he may not be able to deal with us in the future, I don't have the strength of De Ran, I can't be Han Xin, but I don't want to be Peng Yue and Yingbu. ”

He stroked the scar on his brow and drank the tea from the bowl. "I don't need his sailors to help me transport troops, to be honest, I'm afraid he'll throw me into the sea to feed the fish. If you really have the heart, why don't you come to some real things, help me get some food, and send me some weapons, and I will prepare the rest by myself, so I don't bother with him. ”

"I'll bring you the message." Mao Zong stared at Liu Bei's eyes: "When will you leave?" ”

"When will things arrive, when will I go west."

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Almost at the same time, Yuan Shao was ecstatic on the walls of Yi County. He had just received the latest news from Luoyang, Liu Xiu refused the edict of the Son of Heaven and refused to go to Luoyang to participate in the court meeting, but instead sent the seal of the hussar general. Contacting the refusal of several state assassins under Liu Xiu's rule to help the Son of Heaven solve the crisis a while ago, Yuan Shao can imagine how angry the little Son of Heaven is now.

Judging from the news from all sides, this time Liu Xiu and Xiao Tianzi lost their peace, it was true, they had reached the point where water and fire were incompatible. Because of this, Liu Xiu did not dare to go to Luoyang, as soon as he arrived in Luoyang, he would inevitably be placed under house arrest by Xiao Tianzi like his concubine Fengxue.

Then next year, the war in Jizhou will be pacified, and the possibility of Liu Xiu leading the troops is not great, unless he usurps the throne before this, it is impossible for Xiao Tianzi to give him another chance to make meritorious contributions. The Son of Heaven would rather throw away his royal dignity and borrow money from the vassal kings and ministers than ask Liu Xiu to go out of the mountain, which has already shown that he will suppress Liu Xiu at all costs.

It was too late, but I waited for it. Yuan Shao secretly encouraged himself, hoping that the conflict between Liu Xiu and Xiao Tianzi would be more intense.

Jizhou did not suffer from a major war last year, the harvest was not bad, with the help of Fu Zhu and others, Yuan Shao regained enough military rations, and urgently recruited 200,000 Jing Zhuang, who were taking advantage of the winter leisure time to train. These are inseparable from the support of the Jizhou clan, and to have their support, on the one hand, Yuan Shao listened to the advice of Fu Zhu, not only did not punish Wen Chou, Tian Feng and others who surrendered, but also took all the responsibility on himself. On the other hand, Liu Xiu also helped him a lot, Liu Xiu cut off the trial match, and exiled the trial Rong to Linyi, not only the judge family hated Liu Xiu to the core, but the other families were also afraid, for fear that they would also end up in the end of the trial family, so they could only support Yuan Shao with all their hearts, and the road went dark.

This is an unexpected joy, and it is where Yuan Shao is very grateful to Liu Xiu. However, he was not grateful for Liu Xiu's favor, but for Liu Xiu's stupidity. If it weren't for Liu Xiu's stupidity, how could he have stood up again in such a short period of time. He even hoped that Liu Xiu would do him another favor and drive all the Runan people, including Yuan Kui, to the wilderness like Xianrong, so as to ensure that the family in Jizhou would support him more firmly.

Guo Tu was equally pleased. He had already returned from Saiwai, and after consulting with several Xianbei and Wuhuan adults, he was again given 15,000 cavalry. This was enough to make up for his mistake in persuading Yuan Shao to flee as soon as possible and regained Yuan Shao's trust.

"Justice, when do you think the war will start next year?"

"I can't say." Guo Tu smiled: "However, before the completion of the cultivation of chun, I estimate that the possibility of war is very small. If you want to take into account Liu Xiu and Xiao Tianzi's struggle for military power, I think the time may have to be pushed back. No matter who it is, they don't dare to act rashly until the victory is certain. Lord, should we take this opportunity to take down the remaining half of Youzhou? ”

Yuan Shao smiled, he understood what Guo Tu meant. Although the current situation has eased, the general trend has been achieved, and Jizhou alone will definitely not be able to sweep the world, and the wisest way is of course to take this opportunity to further prepare for the future. Now that he has formed an alliance with the Xianbei people, he can no longer grab the territory of the Xianbei people - that is, he doesn't have the strength - the only direction he can expand is the east. There is also Youbeiping in the east, as well as Liaodong, especially Liaodong, that big step of land is enough for him to survive, once he has strength, he can also cross the Bohai Sea and point directly to Qingzhou.

But these words can't be said, as soon as they are said, these Jizhou people will be disappointed, they will have doubts, and they will no longer be able to support him without reservations as they are now.

You have to fight, you can't fight, you have to wait for an opportunity. Yuan Shao believes that whether it is Xiao Tianzi or Liu Xiu, they will not forget him while fighting for power and profit. They will definitely prepare to deal with each other on the one hand, and prepare for the war against Jizhou on the other. The first thing is, of course, to cut off his back road. Gan Ning's sailor is in the Bohai Sea, and this intention is already very obvious.

So what about Liu Bei in Liaodong, can he be idle? As long as he takes the initiative to attack, then Yuan Shao will have a clear reason to launch a war against Liaodong, so that the people of Jizhou will not be able to say anything, and they can't sit idly by and watch being surrounded.

Yuan Shao, who was confident, just smiled when he saw Guo Tu mention this issue again. Guo Tu is very good at figuring out his intentions, but his strategic vision is not enough, and he also does not know how to coordinate the relationship with the people of Jizhou. Now that Ru Ying has all fallen into Liu Xiu, Ru Ying people are rootless duckweed in Jizhou, how can they anger Jizhou people at this time.

"Don't worry, it's about to be the New Year, we have to let the soldiers who have worked hard for a year have a safe year."

Guo Tu nodded again and again, and was about to speak, when someone came over and presented a secret letter with both hands. Guo Tu unfolded it and smiled. "Lord, it seems that Liu Xiu and the Son of Heaven have reached the time to tear their faces."

"What do you mean?" Yuan Shao turned his head in surprise.

"Wuyuan Taishou Lu Bu lied that the Xianbei people had invaded, and asked the imperial court to allocate grain and grass to garrison the Wuyuan."

Yuan Shao smiled dumbly: "It turned out to be Lu Bu, the Huns." Well, he is the only one who has the guts, and only he is the only one who would make such a clumsy move. Okay, then we can celebrate the New Year with more peace of mind, let them fight to the death, let's be a fisherman. ”